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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday continued to meet diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey in Geneva to discuss the process of moving forward to end the Syrian conflict with constitution-related discussions.

In a new UN-led effort to move forward the process to end the Syrian conflict, senior officials from Russia, Turkey and Iran will meet in Geneva next week for constitution-related discussions, the UN special envoy on Syria said Tuesday.

Amid the US pressures to limit the scope of Iran’s activities in Syria and its attempts to convince Russia to play a role in this regard, Moscow once again calls Iran’s presence in Syria lawful and legitimate.

Mattis did not say why he deemed the Sochi peace effort a failure, but stressed the UN-backed process in Geneva, brokered by UN special envoy de Mistura, was “on track again for all the people who’ve questioned we’d ever get there.”

As the UN envoy is kicking off the new round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva, renewed insistence of the Syrian opposition on Assad’s removal as a precondition, has overshadowed the prospects for the success of diplomatic initiatives.

Pierce, a British diplomat who has worked in several countries, previously served as the deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in New York and permanent representative to the organisation in Geneva.

International efforts to peacefully resolve the Syrian crisis are still going on by different mediators and in different places. In this vein and in the sidelines of the latest Syria talks in Geneva, UN envoy has raised the possibility of conducting direct talks between different Syrian factions.

As the new round of Syria peace talks is still underway in Geneva, the agreement between the US and Russia to implement a ceasefire in southern parts of Syria has attracted a great deal of attention. While the agreement has survived its first day, there have been contradicting assessments about its various aspects.